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Since we're going to be using lettering.js so often…during our projects, I wanted to start out…with a project that is going to highlight and really get used to working with it.…Now we're going to be focusing on recreating the typography…found on an edition of author James Case's Competition.…So I get to show you one of my favorite sites here.…This is the book cover archive at bookcoverarchive.com.…I love book cover design.…And one of the things that I thought about when I was planning…this course is, hey, how about finding, you know, a book cover…that I'm really fond of and then trying to recreate that through CSS.…

And this is one of the book covers that I saw.…And I like, yeah, I think we can not only do that with CSS.…But it gives me a chance to really highlight what lettering.js does for us.…Now if you take a look at the finished…project You can see here there's an image of…the book cover on the right hand side and on the left hand side is the actual CSS.…You can see that although…I didn't focus too much on the author's name and here is the tag…

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9/25/2013

CSS is a veritable playground for type designers. It allows you to push the boundaries of typography, and explore new creative possibilities. In this course, senior lynda.com author James Williamson explores a number of advanced CSS typographic effects, including text shadows, animation, transforms, and transitions. Plus, learn to use the JavaScript libraries Lettering.js and Modernizr library to control aspects of typography that typical CSS does not.